@variablepulserate Image stabilisation is pretty crazy now. Was absolutely amazed to read about people getting handheld shots down to 1/30s with a 600mm lens.
@matigo Thanks. One of those people I'd known most of my life and really looked up to.
My own views on death mean I'm not particularly shaken by the loss itself, though it is always a shame to lose someone when they're at the peak of their mental abilities — it's more everything the living are doing (flying in from all countries, long afternoons sat in silence keeping each other company) that are more draining.
I have a feeling that I'm getting to that point in life where the number of times I'll receive a call and subsequently drop everything to rush to the hospital, as happened last night, is about to increase drastically.
Funerals are such awkward affairs.
Was fun to get Firefly-III running via Docker Compose on a VPS. Took me this long to even look at Docker.
Have tracked my finances in various ways over the years, most recently with hledger and Google Spreadsheets. I have a feeling Firefly-III is going to be pretty good, though GnuCash's more advanced features might still have a place in my workflow in the next few years.
@matigo The key is to be essential for something, even if they don't realise it until you're gone – at which point you can agree to come back but at consultancy rates.
Particularly if you're on the tech side in a company that's overall not great with tech, there is fun to be had.
// @sumudu
@matigo I'm quite relieved to have received very few messages over the weekend…
@joanna The key, I've found, is not to keep your thumb/pinky on the buttons when you use 3 fingers to control the ball. You can achieve quite a bit by moving your arm; the wrist and fingers don't have to do anything.
// @matigo
@joanna My preference has always been for the Kensington Expert, I've had mine long enough that I've had to replace the ball bearings; the CST trackballs are also pretty smooth. Not sure I'd get on with a thumb-controlled trackball.
// @matigo
@matigo Oh yes, that's why rearranging my wine cabinet is always followed by opening a bottle.